Door for railway-cars



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4 J. HAISH.

DOOR FOR RAILWAY CARS.

No. 398,147. Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB HAISH, OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS.

DOOR FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,147, dated February 19, 1889.

Application filed February 23, 1888. Serial No. 265,028. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB HAIsH, a citizen of the United States, residing at De Kalb, in the county of De Kalb and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VestibuleDoors for Railway- Coaches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has reference to improvements in vestibule-doors for railway-coaches; and it pertains especially to certain novel mechanism whereby the side opening between the coaches and the open space occupied by the platform can be opened and closed coin- .cidently.

As my invention is located at and applied to the end of the coach, I do not deem it necessary to show or describe any other portion of the latter than will render intelligible the construction and operation of my invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side View of one end of a railway-coach provided with my invention. In this figure the side of the door which closes the space at the side of theplatform is shown thrown back alongside of the end of the car, the adjacent end of the latter being indicated in dotted lines in said figure. The lid or trap-door, which, when the sliding door is thrown out, closes the space over the platform-steps, is shown in said figure in a vertical position, so as to open the passage over the platform-steps. In this figure the closed position of the door is also shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a partial end view of a railway-coach provided with my invention. Fig. 3 is a detail in section showing how the door-latch can be operated from the inside of the car.

A is the usual railway-coach provided with the platform B at each end, but one of which is shown.

C C are the usual side steps leading to and from the platform B and means of access to the latter. I

B is the outer extremity of the platform B, from which rises the usual standard or vertical guard, D.

E is a sliding or folding door suitably supported upon the track E and rollers F at the side of and parallel with the coach A, thus adapted to be carried to and from the steps at the side of the platform B, and when not used for closing said interval be slid back alongside of the exterior of the car. WVhen in the latter position, the door E is held from lateral jar or shaking by the projection of these outer edges into two or more obliquelyseated cleats, I, attached to the sides of the coach A in such position as to receive and clamp the door E against the side of said coach.

The door E extends vertically from a short distance below the plane of the platform B and slightly above the lower plane of theprojecting roof A of the car A, and will of itself close the openings at the side of said platform, it being understood that the similar door, E, is not locked when attached to the opposite side of said platform.

As is well known, the insertion of the steps 0 in. the side of the platform B necessitates the cutting back or withdrawal of the latter within the outer line of the coach A, so that, notwithstanding the external closing of the side of the platform B by means of the door E, there remains an open space at the sides of the platform B, occupied in part by the steps 0, and as the object in providing the door E is to effectually close the sides of the platform B against the admission of storm, smoke, or dust, such effect would not be fully accomplished without some means of closing the lower space aforesaid at the sides of the platform. To effect this, a lid or trap-door, I), is hinged to the coach A at or near the lower adjacent corner of the latter and within the door E in such relation to the space aforesaid at the side of the platform B as to be susceptible of being thrown over and effectually closing said space, the lid D when in a horizontal position being in fact a lateral extension of the platform B outwardly to the external line of the coach A. To the end that the raising and lowering of the lid D may be coincident with the shifting of the door E, a pitman, G, is provided, the inner end of which is pivotally seated at its innerend on the inside of door E, and. in the outer end of which is pivotally attached, near the top or free end,

the lid 1). The relation and size of the respect- 5 ive parts is such that when the door E is shifted inward a distance equal to its own width the pitlnan G will raise the lid D from a horizontal to a vertical position, and thus the space at the side of the platform B is opened laterally by the withdrawal of the door E, and the space occupied by the steps (l is opened by raising of the lid 1) at the same time, in which position of the parts access to and from the platform l is unobstructed. \Vhen the .15 door E is shifted to the limit of its outthrow,

* the pitman G in the same movement will throw the lid. .1) in a horizontal position and there hold the same, thus eflect-ually closing the space from the stejiis (1". The lid I), there fore, and the door E jointly close the bottom and sides of the space at the platform 13, as aforesaid, at the extremity of the ear, and a like device, before described, being provided upon the adjacent end of the adjoining car, the outward throw of the door E will effectually close the space between the coaches bot-h upon the sides and bottom, and thus exclude storm, dust, smoke, and other matters from the space between the ends of the coach and render the passage from one coach to the other comfortable, convenient, and safe. By conncctin the pitman to the door near its top the leverage in securing the motion of the lid is very small, and but very little more force will be required to move both door and lid than would be required to actuate the door alone.

I l is a suitable latch. pivoted at .its inner end, at H, to the inner side of the door E, and provided at its outer or free end with the downwardly-projecting lug 2, adapted to engage the top of the ordinary rail, 3, at the outer extremity of the platform B, and thus hold the door E from casual withdrawal when at the limit of its outthrow.

If desired, the latch or lever II can lie-extended from beyond its pivotal seat H into and within the coach A, so as to be accessible and operative from within said coach. The pivotal seat H of the latch H is extended to the outside of the door E and there provided with the knob K, by means of which the latch H can be disengaged from the outside of the door E. The latch H is disengaged from the inside of the door E by merely raising said latch from any point between its pivotal seat and engaging end or by the projected ends suggested, as aforesaid, within the coach A.

'When the door is slid back and the lid raised up, the operative partsto wit, the pit man G and latch ll-are withd awn, so as to be between the sliding door and the side of the ear, and thus entirely Outof sight. The head of the latch will come directly at the side of the lid and not at all exposed to do any harm to the clothes of the passengers enterin g or leaving the car.

The advantage of simultancously closing or opening the door and lid, and of automatically locking the door and lid when closed,

'drawn out and the lid down) and the latch caught upon the car-rail a secure closure is obtained, and the passage from one coach to another may be convenient and safe, and the smoke and dust which usually draw into the car when the end doors are open are excluded, and therefore in warm weather it is feasible to have all of the doors open, so as to afford. a draft of air and ventilation from one end of the train to the other. The danger of falling from the platform when the cars are in mo tion is also hereby avoided.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a railway-coach, the combination of the door E, adapted to slide in line therewith, the lid D, hinged on the platform of said coach perpendicular to said door, the pitman G, connecting the top of lid D with the side of door E, and the latch H, projected within said coach, whereby said door E can be operated from within said coach and said lid raised and lowered coincidently with the sliding of said door, substantially as de scribed.

2. In a railway-coach, the combination of a door, E, suitablysupported at the side and near the end of said coach, and adapted to he slid back and forth, a lid, D, hinged to said coach at or near the lower outer corner thereof, and pitnian G, connecting said door and lid, whereby the shifting of the door E to and from the side of the end platform of said coach will coincidently raise and lower the lid D, so as to open and close the stepspace at the side of said platform,the pitman being drawn between the car side and door when the door is slid back, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

3. In a railway-coach having a rail, 3, in

front of the platform, a door adapted to be slid to and fro at the side, combined with a latch pivoted at its inner end to the inner side of the door and adapted to be wholly withdrawn between the car side and door when the door is open, and having a knob on its pivot, whereby it can be lifted either from the outside or inside of the coach.

4. The combination,in a railway-coach, of a In a railway-coach, a sliding does and a hinged lid fol'eovering' the ear-steps, and connections between the lid and door, whereby simultaneously the door and lid can be operated, substantially as described.

(i. In a railway-coach, Eb sliding door and a hinged lid to cover the ear-steps, and means, substantially as described, for connecting the two, so that they can be operated simultaneously, and a leek or latch [01' seeurely-hold- IO ing the door closed and the lid down, all substantially as described.

I11 testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JACOB HAISH. Witnesses:

JOHN F. BERGQVIST, JAs. P. BRAD$HAW'. 

